Izikiel 21
1 Mgbe ahụ, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 “Nwa nke mmadụ, chee ihu gị nʼụzọ Jerusalem, buo amụma megide ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ. Bukwaa amụma megide ala Izrel
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop [thy word] toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
3 sị ala Izrel otu a, ‘Otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Mụ onwe m na-emegide gị. Aga m esite nʼọbọ mịpụta mma agha m, site na gị gbuchapụ ma onye ezi omume na onye ajọ omume.
and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 Nʼihi na m na-aga igbuchapụ ndị ezi omume na ndị ajọ omume, mma agha m ga-esite nʼọbọ ya pụta megide onye ọbụla site nʼugwu ruo na ndịda.
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
5 Mgbe ahụ, mmadụ niile ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị amịpụtala mma agha m site nʼọbọ ya, ọ gaghị amịghachi baa nʼọbọ ọzọ.’
and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
6 “Nʼihi ya, sụọ ude, nwa nke mmadụ, sụọ ude nʼihu ha nʼọnọdụ oke mwute na obi mgbawa.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.
7 Mgbe ha jụrụ gị, ‘Gịnị kpatara i ji asụ ude?’ Ị ga-asị, ‘Nʼihi ozi nke na-abịa. Obi niile ga-agbaze site nʼegwu, aka niile ga-akụdakwa; mmụọ niile ga-ada mba, ikpere niile ga-ede mmiri site nʼamịrị.’ Ọ na-abịa, ọ ghaghị imezu, otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri ya.”
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
8 Ọzọkwa, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 “Nwa nke mmadụ buo amụma sị, ‘Ihe a ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru: “‘Lee, mma agha, lee, mma agha, a mụọla ya, hichakwaa ya.
Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished:
10 Amụọla ya nʼihi oke ogbugbu nke gaje ịdị, hichakwaa ya nke ọma ka ọ na-egbu dịka amụma. “‘Anyị ọ ga-aṅụrị ọṅụ na mkpara eze nwa m nwoke Juda? Mma agha na-elelị mkpara niile dị otu a anya.
it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.
11 “‘E nyere iwu ka e hichazie mma agha ahụ, ka e jidekwa ya nʼaka. A mụọla ya, hichazie ya. E doziela ya maka onye ahụ ga-eji ya laa ndụ nʼiyi.
And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 Nwa nke mmadụ, tie mkpu akwa ma kwasie akwa ike, nʼihi na ọ bụ megide ndị m ọ bụkwa megide ndịisi Izrel niile. A na-atụnyere ha mma agha ga-egbu ha, ha na ndị m. Nʼihi ya, tie aka gị nʼobi gị.
Cry and howl, son of man: for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
13 “‘Ọnwụnwa aghaghị ịbịa. Ma gịnị ga-eme, ma ọ bụrụ na mkpara eze nke mma agha na-elelị anya, agaghị nʼihu na-adịgide? Otu a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwubiri.’
For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord GOD.
14 “Nʼihi ya, buo amụma, nwa nke mmadụ. Kụkọọ ọbụ aka gị abụọ, ka mma agha gbuo ugboro abụọ e, ọ bụladị ugboro atọ. Ọ bụ mma agha e debere maka ogbugbu, nke e debere maka oke ogbugbu nke ga-abịachibido ha gburugburu.
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.
15 Ka obi ha gbazee site nʼegwu, ka ndị na-ada ada hie nne, nʼihi na edoziela m mma agha ahụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ha niile maka oke ogbugbu. Lee, mma agha ahụ na-egbu amụma, etinyela ya nʼaka onye ga-egbu oke ogbugbu.
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
16 Gị mma agha, ebe ọbụla ị chọrọ, ebe ọbụla i nwere ike, gbuo onye ọbụla, ma ọ nọ gị nʼaka nri ma ọ nọ gị nʼaka ekpe.
Gather thee together, go to the right; set thyself in array, go to the left; whithersoever thy face is set.
17 Mụ onwe m ga-akụkọtakwa ọbụ aka m, ime ka iwe m jụrụ. Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola.”
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will satisfy my fury: I the LORD have spoken it.
18 Okwu nke Onyenwe anyị ruru m ntị, sị,
The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
19 “Nwa nke mmadụ mee ụzọ abụọ nke mma agha eze Babilọn ga-eso. Ka ụzọ abụọ ndị a malite nʼotu obodo. Dee ihe ngosi manye ha nʼebe ahụ ụzọ wara abụọ.
Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
20 Mee ka otu nʼime ụzọ ndị ahụ bụrụ ebe mma agha ga-esi bịa megide Raba nke Amọn, ka nke ọzọ megide Juda na Jerusalem, bụ ebe e wusiri ike.
Thou shalt appoint a way, for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
21 Nʼihi na eze Babilọn ga-abịa guzo nʼebe ahụ ụzọ wara abụọ, nʼisi ụzọ abụọ ahụ ịchọ ihe ama. Ọ ga-esite nʼịgba àkụ nke ife nza, jụọ ase site nʼaka arụsị ya niile, nyochakwaa umeju ahụ.
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
22 Nʼụzọ dị nʼaka nri, ka ihe ịjụ ase banyere Jerusalem ga-esi bịa. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ ga-ewu ihe niile ha ji etida mgbidi obodo ahụ. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ ga-anọ nye iwu maka igbuchapụ ndị niile, na iwu ido ihe e ji etipu mgbidi nʼọnụ ụzọ ama niile, na iwu a ga-eji wuo nkwasa agha na mgbidi e ji ebuso ya agha.
In his right hand was the divination [for] Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounts, to build forts.
23 Ọ ga-adị ha dịka ọjụjụ ase nke na-abaghị uru, nye ndị ahụ ṅụrụ ha iyi, ma ọ ga-echetara ha ihe ọjọọ ha mere, dọkpụrụ ha nʼike.
And it shall be unto them as a vain divination in their sight, which have sworn oaths unto them: but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
24 “Nʼihi ya, ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru. ‘Ebe ọ bụ na unu esitela na nnupu isi unu mee ka e cheta ajọ omume unu, si otu a na-ekpughe mmehie unu nʼihe niile unu na-eme. Ebe ọ bụ na unu emeela ihe dị otu a, a ghaghị ịdọta unu nʼagha.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
25 “‘Gị onye rụrụ arụ, onye na-emebi iwu, gị nwa eze nʼIzrel, gị onye ụbọchị ahụhụ ya rurula,
And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
26 ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị sịrị, yipụ okpueze gị, ya na akwa ị na-atụghị nʼisi. Ihe agaghị adịkwa dịka o si adị na mbụ. A ga-ebuli ndị dị ala, wedata ndị dị elu.
thus saith the Lord GOD: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this [shall be] no more the same: exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
27 Mbibi, mbibi. Aga m eme ka ọ ghọọ ihe e bibiri ebibi. A gaghị eweghachikwa ya ọzọ tutu ruo mgbe onye ahụ o ruuru nʼizi ezi bịara. Ya ka m ga-enyefe ya nʼaka.’
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].
28 “Ma gị onwe gị, Nwa nke mmadụ, buo amụma kwuo, ‘Ihe ndị a ka Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị kwuru megide ndị Amọn nʼihi ịkwa emo ha: “‘Lee mma agha, lee mma agha, nke a mịpụtara maka oke ogbugbu. E hichaziela ya mee ka ọ dị nkọ iripịa, ka ọ na-egbu amụma dịka amụma egbe eluigwe.
And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning:
29 Nʼagbanyeghị ọhụ ụgha nke a na-ahụ banyere unu, na a jụtakwala ase ụgha banyere unu, a ga-etinye ya nʼolu ndị mmebi iwu ahụ a gaje igbu egbu, bụ ndị ụbọchị ha rurula, ndị oge ịta ahụhụ ha zukwara.
whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 “‘Mịghachinụ ya nʼọbọ ya. Nʼebe ahụ e kere unu nʼala nna nna unu ha, Aga m ekpe unu ikpe.
Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
31 Aga m awụkwasị unu ọnụma m, kukwasịkwa unu ikuku nke oke iwe m. Aga m ewere unu nyefee nʼaka ndị na-eme ihe ike, ndị bụ ọka na ịla mmadụ nʼiyi.
And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath: and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
32 Unu ga-aghọkwa mmanụ a na-awụnye nʼọkụ. A ga-awụsịkwa ọbara unu nʼala unu. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-echeta unu ọzọ, nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị ekwuola.’”
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
